NTIS
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NTIS (National Technical Information Service) is a U.S. government agency and database that collects, preserves, and provides access to scientific, technical, engineering, and business information, particularly federally funded research reports.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NTIS canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4599524 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NTIS Context triple: [Engineering Village, providesAccessTo, NTIS]
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A.
NIST Interagency/Internal Reports
NIST Interagency/Internal Reports are technical and research publications produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to document and disseminate detailed findings, methodologies, and guidance for use by government agencies, industry, and the research community.
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B.
GSA eLibrary
GSA eLibrary is an online database that provides detailed information on U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract vehicles, schedules, and approved vendors for federal procurement.
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C.
NINR
NINR is a U.S. National Institutes of Health institute that supports and conducts research to improve health and healthcare through nursing science.
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D.
NARIC Network
The NARIC Network is a European network of national centers that provide information and guidance on the recognition of foreign diplomas, degrees, and other academic qualifications.
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E.
United Nations bibliographic databases
United Nations bibliographic databases are specialized online resources that index and provide access to UN documents, publications, and related materials using standardized subject terminology and metadata.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NTIS Target entity description: NTIS (National Technical Information Service) is a U.S. government agency and database that collects, preserves, and provides access to scientific, technical, engineering, and business information, particularly federally funded research reports.
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A.
NIST Interagency/Internal Reports
NIST Interagency/Internal Reports are technical and research publications produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to document and disseminate detailed findings, methodologies, and guidance for use by government agencies, industry, and the research community.
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B.
GSA eLibrary
GSA eLibrary is an online database that provides detailed information on U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract vehicles, schedules, and approved vendors for federal procurement.
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C.
NINR
NINR is a U.S. National Institutes of Health institute that supports and conducts research to improve health and healthcare through nursing science.
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D.
NARIC Network
The NARIC Network is a European network of national centers that provide information and guidance on the recognition of foreign diplomas, degrees, and other academic qualifications.
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E.
United Nations bibliographic databases
United Nations bibliographic databases are specialized online resources that index and provide access to UN documents, publications, and related materials using standardized subject terminology and metadata.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ information service ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NTIS ⓘ |
| client |
businesses
ⓘ
federal agencies ⓘ general public ⓘ researchers ⓘ state and local governments ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataAccessMode |
custom data services
ⓘ
fee-based services ⓘ online access ⓘ subscription services ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
U.S. government-sponsored research
ⓘ
audiovisual materials ⓘ data products ⓘ software ⓘ technical reports ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation | Springfield, Virginia ⓘ |
| hasMainWebsite | https://www.ntis.gov ⓘ |
| hasRole |
distributor of non-classified government-funded research
ⓘ
national repository for U.S. government technical reports ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| legalForm | federal agency within the executive branch ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| mandate |
collect scientific, technical, engineering, and business information
ⓘ
preserve scientific, technical, engineering, and business information ⓘ provide access to scientific, technical, engineering, and business information ⓘ |
| operatesDatabase | NTIS bibliographic database ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceType |
data access services
ⓘ
information dissemination ⓘ information preservation ⓘ repository services ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
business information
ⓘ
engineering information ⓘ federally funded research reports ⓘ scientific information ⓘ technical information ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
business and economic data
ⓘ
defense-related unclassified research ⓘ engineering research ⓘ environmental research ⓘ health and medical research ⓘ science and technology policy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NTIS Description of subject: NTIS (National Technical Information Service) is a U.S. government agency and database that collects, preserves, and provides access to scientific, technical, engineering, and business information, particularly federally funded research reports.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
NTIS